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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






2. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






3. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






4. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






5. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






6. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






7. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






8. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance






9. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






10. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






11. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions






12. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity






13. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






14. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






15. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






16. Project model that translates the uncertainties specified at a detailed level into the potential impact on objectives that are expressed at the level of the total project. Monte Carlo Analysis






17. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






18. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






19. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






20. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






21. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects






22. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






23. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






24. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.






25. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






26. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






27. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






28. Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning - identification - analysis - responses and monitoring and control on a project






29. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






30. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






31. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.






32. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






33. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






34. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






35. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






36. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






37. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






38. Processes that organize and manage the project team






39. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






40. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






41. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






42. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






43. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






44. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






45. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule






46. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






47. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






48. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






49. Narrative description of products - services or results






50. Deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables






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